Max Armstrong looks at the track record of food safety in a country that serves 1 billion meals a day – the United States. Max looks at some new plans from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to deploy new food safety measures. The rate of foodborne illness has been unchanged in recent years, but the key approach in the new program will be enhancing traceability.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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